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  • Growing Pumila Dwarf Pampas Grass

    Pumila Dwarf Pampas grass fits in those smaller spaces in your garden and gives a stunning floral display - even in the first year after planting! It is extremely showy with its large, fluffy white flowerheads on 18 inch tall stout stems. The showy, silvery-cream plumes feel silky to the touch and are...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 11-01-2009

  • Plant ‘All Gold’ Grass to brighten up a shady area!

    The brilliantly golden-green bamboo-like leaves of All Gold Grass add an appealing bright spot in a shady or woodland garden. This shade loving perennial grass is a new dwarf form of Japanese forest grass. It displays reddish flower plumes that adds even more interest late in the season. It is bright...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 10-31-2009

  • When does Redhead Fountain Grass bloom?

    All season long Redhead Fountain Grass produces very soft plumes that are smoky rose in color. Redhead is a stunning, easy-to-grow perennial that shows off its enormous bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer. The deep purple buds then mature to smoky purple plumes. Use this fall blooming plant in containers...
    Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 10-29-2009

  • Black-Eyed Susans--No Green Thumb Needed!

    The best known of all wildflowers, the Black-eyed Susan is also the easiest to grow! Its characteristic brown, domed center is surrounded by bright yellow ray florets. A single plant can produce an extravagant floral display over much of the summer, and planted in masses it is simply stunning!. It is...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 10-18-2009

  • About Exquisitely Beautiful Pink Muhy Grass

    This hardy native grass will give you some late summer and fall puffy pink clouds of grass! As the summer is winding down so are your beautiful blooming annuals and perennials. But Pink Muhly Grass is not! It is springing up cotton-candy pink puffballs. This grass is so long lasting that it keeps its...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-07-2009

  • When should I plant perennials and/or ornamental grass?

    Fall is a wonderful time to plant perennials and ornamental grasses . Fall weather varies from one part of the country to the next. Ideally, the best period for fall planting is approximately six weeks before the first hard frost; usually August through October. In the fall there is dependable rainfall...
    Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 08-31-2009

  • Is Pumila Dwarf Pampas Grass hardier than Pampas Grass?

    Pumila Dwarf Pampas Grass No grass is better suited in requirements for gardens today! How attractive it is with all those lovely soft silvery white plumes on a plant just three to five feet tall! Pumila variety is a smaller, more cold hardy version of Pampas Grass . It is extremely showy with its large...
    Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 08-11-2009

  • Guara, a drought tolerant perennial and late bloomer!

    Gaura needs to be planted in late summer to fall in full sun and well-drained, fertile soil. When planting, space plants 36 inches apart. Due to its long taproot, it is very tolerant of hot humid and dry conditions. It needs only occasional deep watering in extremely dry periods. It does not like to...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 08-04-2009

  • Lirope, a fantastic groundcover!

    Liriope is a groundcover that is very tough and successful in preventing erosion on even the steepest hillsides. It survives wet or bone dry conditions, and doing all that in full sun or deep shade! Weeds don't stand a chance in the thick mass of sheer liriope. Liriope will spread and fill out quickly...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 07-21-2009

  • Growing Feather Reed Grass

    Feather Reed Grass does best in full sun to light shade. It prefers moist, well drained, fertile soil, but will tolerate heavier clay soils and drier sites. To produce a maximum height, fertilizer may be required. It blooms June to July in zones 5-8, with a compact, upright, narrow, white to reddish...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 07-16-2009
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